Wildlife trust raises £1.4 million to buy nature reserve
Howard Lake | 13 November 2005 | News
The Wiltshire Wildlife Trust’s campaign to help it buy Lower Moor Farm generated over £1.4 million, a record for the environmental charity. It needed to raise at least £805,000 to buy the 96-acre area.
The Trust’s 17,000 members and other supporters donated over £113,000 to the fundraising appeal for the farm.
In addition the charity received £1.2 million in grant aid from the Heritage Lottery Fund, Aggregates Levy, together with donations from the Hills Group and Grantscape, for purchase and development of the site.
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